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Women in American History Britannica Spotlight
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Women's Rights  Britannica Learning Activity
A three part project exploring American Women and their causes, accomplishments and Political achievements.

Women Index of Information
Enclyclopeida Articles, Videos and Images

Mary McLeod Bethune ( Biography )
A child of former slaves, she began her life picking cotton, but a scholarship to Scotia Seminary in North Carolina in 1888 launched her long and distinguished career as educator and activist.

Mary McLeod Bethune (Photograph Image)

Susan B Anthony (Biography)
she dedicated herself to winning full rights for women. Teamed with Stanton, she gained her first success with the passage of New York State's Married Women's Property Act (1860). An ardent abolitionist, she nevertheless opposed the male-only Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Between 1868-70 she was publisher of the Revolution, a woman suffrage paper.

Susan B Anthony (Photograph Image)

To Learn more about Women's History, please visit the EBSCO Topic Search Database. Simply click on the "Refine Search" option, then using the pull down menu for "Topics" scroll down till you find the selection for "Women". Once you have selected "Women" click search.

What made Amelia Earhart a Legend?
In this project the students will think about Amelia Earhard, who was she, what she was famous for and why she has become a legend.

Women Who Lead - KidsPage Article
Women leaders are breaking new ground in public service. (4th grade reading level)

An Afghan Girl's World NewsBank Article
The Taliban leadership shocked the world when they wiped out Afghan women's rights in 1996. (6th grade reading level)

Women in Physics Match Men in Success
New York Times, The (NY) Edition: Late / February 22, 2005
Lexile Level : 1260L High School Reading level